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Resource Resilience: How To Break The Commodities Cycle, Lisa E. Sachs, Nicolas Maennling May 2015

Resource Resilience: How To Break The Commodities Cycle, Lisa E. Sachs, Nicolas Maennling

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

The past year has seen dramatic declines in the prices of global commodities. Between June 2014 and the beginning of this year, crude oil prices fell by 50 percent to around $50 a barrel. Similarly, mineral prices have seen a drastic fall since the peak of the “commodity supercycle” in early 2011. Between then and April of this year, iron ore prices fell by 70 percent, coal prices by 54 percent and copper prices by 40 percent.


Not So Fast, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson May 2015

Not So Fast, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

President Barack Obama and the Republican leadership in Congress are trying to pass "fast track" legislation in order to push through major economic agreements with eleven countries of the Pacific region (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) and Europe (the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) without the possibility for Congressional amendments. Both are being sold generally as "trade agreements," yet they involve key areas of business law and regulation far beyond trade. Before Congress approves fast track, these agreements need to be made public and exposed to thorough public scrutiny.


The Effects Of International Laws On Modern Day Slavery., Sadmira Ramic May 2015

The Effects Of International Laws On Modern Day Slavery., Sadmira Ramic

College of Arts & Sciences Senior Theses

No abstract provided.


Formalism And Distrust: Foreign Affairs Law In The Roberts Court, Harlan G. Cohen May 2015

Formalism And Distrust: Foreign Affairs Law In The Roberts Court, Harlan G. Cohen

Scholarly Works

When it comes to foreign relations, the Roberts Court has trust issues. As far as the Court is concerned, everyone — the President, Congress, the lower courts, plaintiffs — has played hard and fast with the rules, taking advantage of the Court’s functionalist approaches to foreign affairs issues. This seems to be the message of the RobertsCourt foreign affairs law jurisprudence.

The Roberts Court has been active in foreign affairs law, deciding cases on the detention and trial of enemy combatants, foreign sovereign immunity, the domestic effect of treaties, the extraterritorial reach of federal statutes, the preemption of state laws, …


The Normalization Of Foreign Relations Law, Ganesh Sitaraman, Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk May 2015

The Normalization Of Foreign Relations Law, Ganesh Sitaraman, Ingrid (Wuerth) Brunk

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The defining feature of foreign relations law is that it is distinct from domestic law. Courts have recognized that foreign affairs are political by their nature and thus unsuited to adjudication, that state and local involvement is inappropriate in foreign affairs, and that the President has the lead role in foreign policymaking. In other words, they have said that foreign relations are exceptional. But foreign relations exceptionalism, "the belief that legal issues arising from foreign relations are functionally, doctrinally, and even methodologically distinct from those arising in domestic policy,” was not always the prevailing view. In the early twentieth century, …


Congress's International Legal Discourse, Kevin L. Cope May 2015

Congress's International Legal Discourse, Kevin L. Cope

Michigan Law Review

Despite Congress’s important role in enforcing U.S. international law obligations, the relevant existing literature largely ignores the branch. This omission may stem partly from the belief, common among both academics and lawyers, that Congress is generally unsympathetic to or ignorant of international law. Under this conventional wisdom, members of Congress would rarely if ever imply that international law norms should impact otherwise desirable domestic legislation. Using an original dataset comprising thirty years of legislative histories of pertinent federal statutes, this Article questions and tests that view. The evidence refutes the conventional wisdom. It shows instead that, in legislative debates over …


Authorization Versus Regulation Of Detention In Non-International Armed Conflicts, Ryan Goodman May 2015

Authorization Versus Regulation Of Detention In Non-International Armed Conflicts, Ryan Goodman

International Law Studies

What does the law of armed conflict say about detention in non-international armed conflict? Is the law “utterly silent,” as some contend, with respect to the grounds for detention—regulating who may be confined and for what status or behavior? And do the in bello rules provide a source of affirmative authority that empowers belligerents to engage in detention? How those questions are resolved and, in particular, the basis for reaching the conclusions may have unintended consequences for the regulation of warfare. This article contends that the laws of war regulate the grounds for detention but do not authorize detention in …


Maritime Expansion And Delimitation After The Timor Gap Treaty, Marcel Hendrapati Apr 2015

Maritime Expansion And Delimitation After The Timor Gap Treaty, Marcel Hendrapati

Indonesia Law Review

The Timor Gap Treaty on oil and gas management cooperation in some parts of the Timor Sea was full of political intrigues between Australia and Republic of Indonesia, since the treaty which comprises three areas of cooperation was detrimental to Indonesia and it indicated the highest influence of Indonesian Republic by Australia. Renunciation of the treaty due to the independence of Timor Leste after a referendum resulted in the issue of maritime delimitation between Timor Leste and Indonesia. Nevertheless in fact in 2002 the new state declared maritime expansion to a distance of 100 nautical miles measured from the former …


Indonesia’S Delimited Maritime Boundaries, Anbar Jayadi Apr 2015

Indonesia’S Delimited Maritime Boundaries, Anbar Jayadi

Indonesia Law Review

In case of Indonesia’s geographical condition, it goes without saying that with great potentials come great responsibilities to manage. With an overall distance of more than 1900 km from east to west and nearly 80% of its area are sea regulating its borders especially maritime boundaries will not only affect the integrity of the nation but also protect its natural resources.


Book Review: Völkerrecht. Eds. E. Menzel & Knut Ipsen: Verlag C.H. Beck-Munchen, 1979., Hugo J. Hahn Apr 2015

Book Review: Völkerrecht. Eds. E. Menzel & Knut Ipsen: Verlag C.H. Beck-Munchen, 1979., Hugo J. Hahn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Jurisdiction - Aliens, Federal Courts And The Law Of Nations, Jeff Ballew Apr 2015

Jurisdiction - Aliens, Federal Courts And The Law Of Nations, Jeff Ballew

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: A Contribution To The Development Of Customary International Law By A Domestic Court, C. Donald Johnson Jr. Apr 2015

Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: A Contribution To The Development Of Customary International Law By A Domestic Court, C. Donald Johnson Jr.

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: Comments On Sources Of Human Rights Law And Means Of Redress For Violations Of Human Rights, Gabriel M. Wilner Apr 2015

Filartiga V. Pena-Irala: Comments On Sources Of Human Rights Law And Means Of Redress For Violations Of Human Rights, Gabriel M. Wilner

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


A Comment On Filartiga V. Pena-Irala, Dean Rusk Apr 2015

A Comment On Filartiga V. Pena-Irala, Dean Rusk

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico: Trying To Gain Dignity And Maintain Culture, Arnold Leibowitz Apr 2015

The Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico: Trying To Gain Dignity And Maintain Culture, Arnold Leibowitz

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Antitrust Goals In Developing Countries: Policy Alternatives And Normative Choices, Dina I. Waked Apr 2015

Antitrust Goals In Developing Countries: Policy Alternatives And Normative Choices, Dina I. Waked

Seattle University Law Review

This Article outlines the different policy alternatives that could guide antitrust enforcement in developing countries. These include efficiency- based goals (allocative, productive, economic, and dynamic efficiency) and non-efficiency-based goals (protecting small businesses; achieving international competitiveness; eradicating poverty; and promoting fairness, equality, and justice). The actual antitrust goals selected by fifty developing countries are then presented. Finally, a proposal is made with regards to what developing countries should aim at achieving with their antitrust law enforcement. This normative take is geared towards realizing dynamic efficiencies or technological progress, coupled with redistribution through antitrust rules, as the accelerators of growth and development. …


Human Rights Violations At Guantánamo Bay: How The United States Has Avoided Enforcement Of International Norms, Samantha Pearlman Apr 2015

Human Rights Violations At Guantánamo Bay: How The United States Has Avoided Enforcement Of International Norms, Samantha Pearlman

Seattle University Law Review

Guantánamo Bay has become a symbol of the United States’ approach to the War on Terror. The detention center is globally known for the human rights violations committed there; yet, the international community has failed to take actions to successfully close the facility through either the use of pressure on the U.S. government or by utilizing enforcement mechanisms against the United States as it would any other nation committing proportional human rights violations. The United States’ actions at Guantánamo Bay violate its obligations under the Third Geneva Convention, the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention Against …


The Cold War: Over, Renewed, Or Never Ended?, Matt Phipps Apr 2015

The Cold War: Over, Renewed, Or Never Ended?, Matt Phipps

Political Science Theses and Capstones

The Cold War has been studied repeatedly since the war supposedly ended in 1991. However recent events are starting to cause some concern and make many question whether or not the Cold War actually ended, if it took a different shape or perhaps has just been on pause. I argue that the Cold War has been a conflict that has been going on since 1947 and although the conflict has looked differently in recent decades the conflict was never properly put to an end. The research analyzes US decision making with respect to Russian and Asian relations over the last …


The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act Of 1980, Paul Kish Apr 2015

The Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act Of 1980, Paul Kish

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Internal Colonialism And Humanitarian Intervention, M. Sornarajah Apr 2015

Internal Colonialism And Humanitarian Intervention, M. Sornarajah

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Parliamentary Diplomacy And The North-South Dialogue, Noel Lateef Apr 2015

Parliamentary Diplomacy And The North-South Dialogue, Noel Lateef

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Internationalization To Prevent The Spread Of Nuclear Weapons. Eds. Frank Barnaby, Jozef Goldblat, & Bhupendra Jasani. London: Taylor And Francis, 1980; The Npt: The Main Political Barrier To Nuclear Weapon Proliferation. Eds. Frank Barnaby, Jozef Goldblat, & Nacha Levinson. London: Taylor And Francis, 1980., W. Paul Gormley Apr 2015

Book Review: Internationalization To Prevent The Spread Of Nuclear Weapons. Eds. Frank Barnaby, Jozef Goldblat, & Bhupendra Jasani. London: Taylor And Francis, 1980; The Npt: The Main Political Barrier To Nuclear Weapon Proliferation. Eds. Frank Barnaby, Jozef Goldblat, & Nacha Levinson. London: Taylor And Francis, 1980., W. Paul Gormley

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Labor Law - Work Stoppages Called To Protest Actions Of A Foreign State Are Labor Disputes Subject To The Prohibition Against Secondary Boycotts Of Section 8(B)(4) Of The National Labor Relations Act, Edward P. Gibbons Apr 2015

Labor Law - Work Stoppages Called To Protest Actions Of A Foreign State Are Labor Disputes Subject To The Prohibition Against Secondary Boycotts Of Section 8(B)(4) Of The National Labor Relations Act, Edward P. Gibbons

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Sovereign Immunity - Taxation - Residence Of Foreign Sovereign Diplomatic And Consular Staff Is Immune From Taxation Under A Bilateral Agreement And The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Maija S. Blaubergs Apr 2015

Sovereign Immunity - Taxation - Residence Of Foreign Sovereign Diplomatic And Consular Staff Is Immune From Taxation Under A Bilateral Agreement And The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Maija S. Blaubergs

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


An International Legal Obligation To Assist In Energy Development Arises From The Charter Of Economic Rights And Duties Of States, Vicki A. Breman Apr 2015

An International Legal Obligation To Assist In Energy Development Arises From The Charter Of Economic Rights And Duties Of States, Vicki A. Breman

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Conscientious Objection To Military Service: A Report To The United Nations Division Of Human Rights, Jonathan M. Engram Apr 2015

Conscientious Objection To Military Service: A Report To The United Nations Division Of Human Rights, Jonathan M. Engram

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The European Economic Community: The Right Of Member State Withdrawal, John A. Hill Apr 2015

The European Economic Community: The Right Of Member State Withdrawal, John A. Hill

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Legislation - Foreign Relations - International Trade Reauthorization For The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Doug Wessinger Apr 2015

Legislation - Foreign Relations - International Trade Reauthorization For The Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Doug Wessinger

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Foreign Sovereign Immunity - Rex V. Cia. Pervana De Vapores, S.A., Richard O. Ward Apr 2015

Foreign Sovereign Immunity - Rex V. Cia. Pervana De Vapores, S.A., Richard O. Ward

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Deep Seabed Mining: Alternative Schemes For Protecting Developing Countries From Adverse Impacts, David Hegwood Apr 2015

Deep Seabed Mining: Alternative Schemes For Protecting Developing Countries From Adverse Impacts, David Hegwood

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.